diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/shared/infrastructure/logger.service.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/shared/infrastructure/logger.service.ts
index 1b5a4c7..4858fbd 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/shared/infrastructure/logger.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/shared/infrastructure/logger.service.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ export class LoggerService implements NestLoggerService {
           ? { target: 'pino-pretty', options: { colorize: true } }
           : undefined,
       formatters: {
+        level(label) {
+          return { level: label };
+        },
         log(object) {
           return maskPii(object) as Record<string, unknown>;
         },
       },
+      base: { service: 'goodgo-api' },
       timestamp: pino.stdTimeFunctions.isoTime,
     });
   }
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 864a6d0..d71c007 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,70 @@ services:
     networks:
       - goodgo-net
 
+  # ── Database Backup ──
+  pg-backup:
+    image: postgis/postgis:16-3.4
+    container_name: goodgo-pg-backup
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    entrypoint: /bin/bash
+    command:
+      - -c
+      - |
+        apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq cron > /dev/null 2>&1
+        echo "0 2 * * * PGHOST=postgres PGPORT=5432 PGUSER=${DB_USER:-goodgo} PGDATABASE=${DB_NAME:-goodgo} PGPASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-goodgo_secret} BACKUP_DIR=/backups RETENTION_DAYS=${BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS:-7} /scripts/pg-backup.sh >> /var/log/pg-backup.log 2>&1" | crontab -
+        /scripts/pg-backup.sh
+        cron -f
+    environment:
+      PGHOST: postgres
+      PGPORT: '5432'
+      PGUSER: ${DB_USER:-goodgo}
+      PGDATABASE: ${DB_NAME:-goodgo}
+      PGPASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:-goodgo_secret}
+      BACKUP_DIR: /backups
+      RETENTION_DAYS: ${BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS:-7}
+    volumes:
+      - ./scripts/backup:/scripts:ro
+      - pg_backups:/backups
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    networks:
+      - goodgo-net
+
+  # ── Log Aggregation ──
+  loki:
+    image: grafana/loki:3.0.0
+    container_name: goodgo-loki
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - '${LOKI_PORT:-3100}:3100'
+    command: -config.file=/etc/loki/loki-config.yml
+    volumes:
+      - ./monitoring/loki/loki-config.yml:/etc/loki/loki-config.yml:ro
+      - loki_data:/loki
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ['CMD', 'wget', '--spider', '-q', 'http://localhost:3100/ready']
+      interval: 15s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 20s
+    networks:
+      - goodgo-net
+
+  promtail:
+    image: grafana/promtail:3.0.0
+    container_name: goodgo-promtail
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: -config.file=/etc/promtail/promtail-config.yml
+    volumes:
+      - ./monitoring/promtail/promtail-config.yml:/etc/promtail/promtail-config.yml:ro
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
+    depends_on:
+      loki:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    networks:
+      - goodgo-net
+
   prometheus:
     image: prom/prometheus:v2.51.0
     container_name: goodgo-prometheus
@@ -142,6 +206,8 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       prometheus:
         condition: service_healthy
+      loki:
+        condition: service_healthy
     healthcheck:
       test: ['CMD', 'wget', '--spider', '-q', 'http://localhost:3000/api/health']
       interval: 15s
@@ -160,6 +226,10 @@ volumes:
     driver: local
   minio_data:
     driver: local
+  pg_backups:
+    driver: local
+  loki_data:
+    driver: local
   prometheus_data:
     driver: local
   grafana_data:
diff --git a/docs/backup-restore.md b/docs/backup-restore.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c283ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/backup-restore.md
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# Database Backup & Restore Procedures
+
+## Overview
+
+Automated daily PostgreSQL backups run inside the `pg-backup` Docker container using `pg_dump` with custom format compression. Backups are stored in the `pg_backups` Docker volume.
+
+## Backup Configuration
+
+| Setting | Default | Environment Variable |
+|---------|---------|---------------------|
+| Schedule | Daily at 02:00 UTC | Cron in `pg-backup` service |
+| Retention | 7 days | `BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS` |
+| Format | Custom (`pg_dump --format=custom`) | — |
+| Compression | Level 6 | — |
+| Storage | `pg_backups` Docker volume | — |
+
+## Listing Backups
+
+```bash
+docker exec goodgo-pg-backup ls -lh /backups/
+```
+
+## Manual Backup
+
+```bash
+docker exec goodgo-pg-backup /scripts/pg-backup.sh
+```
+
+## Restore Procedure
+
+### 1. Identify the backup to restore
+
+```bash
+docker exec goodgo-pg-backup ls -lht /backups/
+```
+
+### 2. Stop application services
+
+```bash
+docker compose stop ai-services
+# Stop any NestJS API processes
+```
+
+### 3. Run restore
+
+```bash
+docker exec -it goodgo-pg-backup /scripts/pg-restore.sh /backups/goodgo_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.sql.gz
+```
+
+The restore script will:
+- Terminate active database connections
+- Drop and recreate the database
+- Restore from the selected backup
+
+### 4. Verify restore
+
+```bash
+docker exec goodgo-postgres psql -U goodgo -d goodgo -c '\dt'
+docker exec goodgo-postgres psql -U goodgo -d goodgo -c 'SELECT count(*) FROM "User";'
+```
+
+### 5. Run Prisma migrations (if needed)
+
+```bash
+pnpm prisma migrate deploy
+```
+
+### 6. Restart services
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+## Backup Verification
+
+Check the backup log:
+
+```bash
+docker exec goodgo-pg-backup cat /var/log/pg-backup.log
+```
+
+Verify backup integrity without restoring:
+
+```bash
+docker exec goodgo-pg-backup pg_restore --list /backups/goodgo_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.sql.gz
+```
+
+## Disaster Recovery
+
+For complete data loss (volume destroyed):
+
+1. Retrieve backup from external storage (if configured)
+2. Recreate the `pg_backups` volume and copy backup file in
+3. Follow the restore procedure above
+
+## Log Aggregation
+
+Logs are aggregated via Loki + Promtail and viewable in Grafana:
+
+- **Grafana**: http://localhost:3002 (dashboard: "GoodGo - Logs")
+- **Loki**: http://localhost:3100
+- **Log retention**: 15 days (configured in `monitoring/loki/loki-config.yml`)
diff --git a/monitoring/grafana/dashboards/logs.json b/monitoring/grafana/dashboards/logs.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c74010c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitoring/grafana/dashboards/logs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+{
+  "annotations": { "list": [] },
+  "editable": true,
+  "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
+  "graphTooltip": 1,
+  "id": null,
+  "links": [],
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "title": "Log Volume by Level",
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 6, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 0 },
+      "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "loki" },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum by (level) (count_over_time({compose_service=~\"$service\"} | json [$__interval]))",
+          "legendFormat": "{{ level }}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "custom": {
+            "drawStyle": "bars",
+            "stacking": { "mode": "normal" },
+            "fillOpacity": 80
+          },
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" }
+        },
+        "overrides": [
+          { "matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "error" }, "properties": [{ "id": "color", "value": { "fixedColor": "red", "mode": "fixed" } }] },
+          { "matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "fatal" }, "properties": [{ "id": "color", "value": { "fixedColor": "dark-red", "mode": "fixed" } }] },
+          { "matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "warn" }, "properties": [{ "id": "color", "value": { "fixedColor": "orange", "mode": "fixed" } }] },
+          { "matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "info" }, "properties": [{ "id": "color", "value": { "fixedColor": "green", "mode": "fixed" } }] },
+          { "matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "debug" }, "properties": [{ "id": "color", "value": { "fixedColor": "blue", "mode": "fixed" } }] }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "title": "Error Rate",
+      "type": "stat",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 4, "w": 6, "x": 0, "y": 6 },
+      "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "loki" },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(count_over_time({compose_service=~\"$service\"} | json | level = `error` or level = `fatal` [$__range]))",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              { "color": "green", "value": null },
+              { "color": "yellow", "value": 10 },
+              { "color": "red", "value": 50 }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "title": "Errors by Service",
+      "type": "piechart",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 6, "x": 6, "y": 6 },
+      "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "loki" },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum by (compose_service) (count_over_time({compose_service=~\".+\"} | json | level = `error` or level = `fatal` [$__range]))",
+          "legendFormat": "{{ compose_service }}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "title": "HTTP Request Logs (4xx/5xx)",
+      "type": "table",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 6 },
+      "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "loki" },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "{compose_service=~\"$service\", component=\"http\"} | json | statusCode >= 400 | line_format \"{{.method}} {{.url}} {{.statusCode}} {{.duration}}ms\"",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "title": "All Logs",
+      "type": "logs",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 12, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 14 },
+      "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "loki" },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "{compose_service=~\"$service\"} | json |= `$search`",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "options": {
+        "showTime": true,
+        "showLabels": true,
+        "showCommonLabels": false,
+        "wrapLogMessage": true,
+        "prettifyLogMessage": true,
+        "enableLogDetails": true,
+        "sortOrder": "Descending"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "refresh": "10s",
+  "schemaVersion": 39,
+  "tags": ["goodgo", "logs", "loki"],
+  "templating": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "name": "service",
+        "type": "query",
+        "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "loki" },
+        "query": "label_values(compose_service)",
+        "includeAll": true,
+        "allValue": ".+",
+        "current": { "text": "All", "value": "$__all" },
+        "refresh": 2,
+        "multi": true
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "search",
+        "type": "textbox",
+        "current": { "text": "", "value": "" },
+        "label": "Search"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "time": { "from": "now-1h", "to": "now" },
+  "title": "GoodGo - Logs",
+  "uid": "goodgo-logs"
+}
diff --git a/monitoring/grafana/provisioning/datasources/datasource.yml b/monitoring/grafana/provisioning/datasources/datasource.yml
index 1a57b69..8a5fb8a 100644
--- a/monitoring/grafana/provisioning/datasources/datasource.yml
+++ b/monitoring/grafana/provisioning/datasources/datasource.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,15 @@ datasources:
     url: http://prometheus:9090
     isDefault: true
     editable: true
+
+  - name: Loki
+    type: loki
+    access: proxy
+    url: http://loki:3100
+    editable: true
+    jsonData:
+      derivedFields:
+        - datasourceUid: prometheus
+          matcherRegex: 'correlationId":"([^"]+)'
+          name: correlationId
+          url: '$${__value.raw}'
diff --git a/monitoring/loki/loki-config.yml b/monitoring/loki/loki-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac58b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitoring/loki/loki-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+auth_enabled: false
+
+server:
+  http_listen_port: 3100
+  grpc_listen_port: 9096
+
+common:
+  path_prefix: /loki
+  storage:
+    filesystem:
+      chunks_directory: /loki/chunks
+      rules_directory: /loki/rules
+  replication_factor: 1
+  ring:
+    instance_addr: 127.0.0.1
+    kvstore:
+      store: inmemory
+
+schema_config:
+  configs:
+    - from: 2024-01-01
+      store: tsdb
+      object_store: filesystem
+      schema: v13
+      index:
+        prefix: index_
+        period: 24h
+
+limits_config:
+  reject_old_samples: true
+  reject_old_samples_max_age: 168h   # 7 days
+  max_entries_limit_per_query: 5000
+  ingestion_rate_mb: 4
+  ingestion_burst_size_mb: 6
+
+storage_config:
+  tsdb_shipper:
+    active_index_directory: /loki/tsdb-index
+    cache_location: /loki/tsdb-cache
+
+compactor:
+  working_directory: /loki/compactor
+  compaction_interval: 10m
+  retention_enabled: true
+  retention_delete_delay: 2h
+  retention_delete_worker_count: 150
+  delete_request_store: filesystem
+
+# Retention: keep logs for 15 days
+chunk_store_config:
+  chunk_cache_config:
+    embedded_cache:
+      enabled: true
+      max_size_mb: 100
+
+table_manager:
+  retention_deletes_enabled: true
+  retention_period: 360h   # 15 days
diff --git a/monitoring/promtail/promtail-config.yml b/monitoring/promtail/promtail-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74e90e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitoring/promtail/promtail-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+server:
+  http_listen_port: 9080
+  grpc_listen_port: 0
+
+positions:
+  filename: /tmp/positions.yaml
+
+clients:
+  - url: http://loki:3100/loki/api/v1/push
+
+scrape_configs:
+  # Scrape Docker container logs
+  - job_name: docker
+    docker_sd_configs:
+      - host: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+        refresh_interval: 5s
+        filters:
+          - name: network
+            values: ["goodgo-net"]
+    relabel_configs:
+      # Use container name as label
+      - source_labels: ['__meta_docker_container_name']
+        regex: '/(.*)'
+        target_label: 'container'
+      # Add service label from container name (strip goodgo- prefix)
+      - source_labels: ['__meta_docker_container_name']
+        regex: '/goodgo-(.*)'
+        target_label: 'service'
+      # Add compose service label
+      - source_labels: ['__meta_docker_container_label_com_docker_compose_service']
+        target_label: 'compose_service'
+    pipeline_stages:
+      # Try to parse JSON logs (Pino structured output)
+      - json:
+          expressions:
+            level: level
+            msg: msg
+            context: context
+            method: method
+            url: url
+            statusCode: statusCode
+            duration: duration
+            correlationId: correlationId
+            component: component
+            timestamp: time
+      # Map Pino numeric levels to labels
+      - template:
+          source: level
+          template: '{{ if eq .Value "10" }}trace{{ else if eq .Value "20" }}debug{{ else if eq .Value "30" }}info{{ else if eq .Value "40" }}warn{{ else if eq .Value "50" }}error{{ else if eq .Value "60" }}fatal{{ else }}{{ .Value }}{{ end }}'
+      - labels:
+          level:
+          context:
+          component:
+      # Add structured metadata
+      - structured_metadata:
+          method:
+          url:
+          statusCode:
+          correlationId:
+      # Timestamp from Pino output
+      - timestamp:
+          source: timestamp
+          format: RFC3339Nano
+          fallback_formats:
+            - '2006-01-02T15:04:05.999Z07:00'
+          action_on_failure: fudge
diff --git a/scripts/backup/pg-backup.sh b/scripts/backup/pg-backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6b11d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backup/pg-backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ── PostgreSQL Automated Backup Script ──
+# Runs daily via cron inside the pg-backup container.
+# Dumps the database and manages retention.
+
+BACKUP_DIR="${BACKUP_DIR:-/backups}"
+RETENTION_DAYS="${RETENTION_DAYS:-7}"
+TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
+BACKUP_FILE="${BACKUP_DIR}/goodgo_${TIMESTAMP}.sql.gz"
+
+echo "[backup] Starting PostgreSQL backup at $(date -Iseconds)"
+
+# Ensure backup directory exists
+mkdir -p "${BACKUP_DIR}"
+
+# Run pg_dump with compression
+pg_dump \
+  -h "${PGHOST:-postgres}" \
+  -p "${PGPORT:-5432}" \
+  -U "${PGUSER:-goodgo}" \
+  -d "${PGDATABASE:-goodgo}" \
+  --no-owner \
+  --no-privileges \
+  --format=custom \
+  --compress=6 \
+  -f "${BACKUP_FILE}"
+
+FILESIZE=$(du -h "${BACKUP_FILE}" | cut -f1)
+echo "[backup] Backup completed: ${BACKUP_FILE} (${FILESIZE})"
+
+# Prune old backups beyond retention period
+echo "[backup] Pruning backups older than ${RETENTION_DAYS} days..."
+PRUNED=$(find "${BACKUP_DIR}" -name "goodgo_*.sql.gz" -type f -mtime "+${RETENTION_DAYS}" -print -delete | wc -l)
+echo "[backup] Pruned ${PRUNED} old backup(s)"
+
+# List current backups
+echo "[backup] Current backups:"
+ls -lh "${BACKUP_DIR}"/goodgo_*.sql.gz 2>/dev/null || echo "  (none)"
+
+echo "[backup] Done at $(date -Iseconds)"
diff --git a/scripts/backup/pg-restore.sh b/scripts/backup/pg-restore.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..10655e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backup/pg-restore.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ── PostgreSQL Restore Script ──
+# Restores a database from a backup file.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./pg-restore.sh <backup-file>
+#   ./pg-restore.sh /backups/goodgo_20260408_020000.sql.gz
+#
+# Inside Docker:
+#   docker exec -it goodgo-pg-backup /scripts/pg-restore.sh /backups/<file>
+
+BACKUP_FILE="${1:-}"
+
+if [ -z "${BACKUP_FILE}" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <backup-file>"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Available backups:"
+  ls -lht "${BACKUP_DIR:-/backups}"/goodgo_*.sql.gz 2>/dev/null || echo "  (none found)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "${BACKUP_FILE}" ]; then
+  echo "[restore] ERROR: Backup file not found: ${BACKUP_FILE}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+PGHOST="${PGHOST:-postgres}"
+PGPORT="${PGPORT:-5432}"
+PGUSER="${PGUSER:-goodgo}"
+PGDATABASE="${PGDATABASE:-goodgo}"
+
+echo "[restore] WARNING: This will DROP and recreate the '${PGDATABASE}' database."
+echo "[restore] Backup file: ${BACKUP_FILE}"
+echo "[restore] Target: ${PGHOST}:${PGPORT}/${PGDATABASE}"
+echo ""
+
+# If running interactively, prompt for confirmation
+if [ -t 0 ]; then
+  read -rp "Continue? (yes/no): " CONFIRM
+  if [ "${CONFIRM}" != "yes" ]; then
+    echo "[restore] Aborted."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "[restore] Starting restore at $(date -Iseconds)..."
+
+# Terminate existing connections
+psql -h "${PGHOST}" -p "${PGPORT}" -U "${PGUSER}" -d postgres -c \
+  "SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE datname = '${PGDATABASE}' AND pid <> pg_backend_pid();" \
+  2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Drop and recreate database
+psql -h "${PGHOST}" -p "${PGPORT}" -U "${PGUSER}" -d postgres -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS \"${PGDATABASE}\";"
+psql -h "${PGHOST}" -p "${PGPORT}" -U "${PGUSER}" -d postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE \"${PGDATABASE}\";"
+
+# Restore from backup
+pg_restore \
+  -h "${PGHOST}" \
+  -p "${PGPORT}" \
+  -U "${PGUSER}" \
+  -d "${PGDATABASE}" \
+  --no-owner \
+  --no-privileges \
+  --clean \
+  --if-exists \
+  "${BACKUP_FILE}" || true
+
+echo "[restore] Restore completed at $(date -Iseconds)"
+echo "[restore] Verify with: psql -h ${PGHOST} -U ${PGUSER} -d ${PGDATABASE} -c '\\dt'"